Warning! Exploding Liberal Head Zone

Whenever any two pieces of the liberal agenda come into direct conflict, it is a beautiful thing to see, and I like to just sit back and watch the show. Today's example is the case of a young man in New York who has -- are you ready for this? -- "pervasive developmental disorder not otherwise specified". Which is your doctor's word for, "we don't have a clue what is wrong with this guy" (see also "Colony Collapse Disorder", "ADHD", etc.). But they know there's something wrong with him because -- he spent too much for a used car! Hmmm... well, by that criterion, about half the populace is afflicted with the same ailment. In fact, if you expand the definition to include spending too much for wine, mixed drinks, and macadamia nuts, _everyone_ has this disorder. (And yes, that's also part of the liberal agenda -- to make sure everyone is either sick, or thinks they are.)

But perhaps I'm being unfair. The guy is also described as having an "autism spectrum disorder". Well, that's a much more precise definition, I must say. The fact is, we _all_ lie somewhere on the "autism spectrum", don't we? Because if it's a real spectrum, it has to include _not_ having autism... or having it in a sub-clinical way, like Internet junkies for example (oops -- sorry), or people who go through life plugged into iPods. (See also previous post, "Meet the Geezers".)

But here's where it gets good. The kid walks into a car dealership and buys a used car, paying way over Blue Book. The general manager, whose name is something like Rocco (remember, this is New York), says -- (think heavy North Jersey accent, a la "The Sopranos") -- "Forget about autism. If you come in here and you like a car and you're given a price -- no matter how much it's marked up -- and you accept the price, you're accepting the price, no matter who you are." Gosh, what an exploiter of humanity this guy is. He'd probably sell an adult magazine to Bill Clinton for twice face. But wait, the best is yet to come. The used car dealer didn't have any _choice_ as to whether to sell this kid a car because, if he refused, suspecting the kid had a problem, he could have been sued for discrimination. (This minor factoid doesn't even appear until we get to paragraph 25 of the article -- and it probably wouldn't have appeared at all if it hadn't been part of a quote from none other than Bono.) (Scott Bono, that is -- not the rock star. But still, the name has cachet in any context.)

OK, so why should an awkward situation like this cause liberals' heads to explode? Well, simply because it was the liberal mind set that created a situation where now everyone has to be diagnosed with some ailment or other, so the state can move in and, basically, take over their life. But it's also the liberal mind set that says that people with handicaps ought to be allowed to live as close to "normal" (by liberal standards, of course) lives as possible, and that the ever-dwindling non-handicapped populace has to be forced to make ridiculous accommodations. (Was that story about a ski lift being shut down by the ADA police because the upper terminal didn't have handicapped access true? But even if not, there are things just as crazy going on every day.) And, above all, it's the liberal mind set that says that any form of discrimination, for any reason, is a punishable offense. What if Rocco -- or whatever his name is -- had called the kid's parents in order to find out what was what? Too late -- he's already committed discrimination, and there goes the used car lot, and the strings of glaring lights, and the blaring loudspeakers, and the grating radio ads. And Rocco has to go back to work in the family pizza parlor in Union City. Well, not to worry -- for every dilemma like this there are courts staffed with liberals to figure it out, and lawyers for both sides -- also liberals -- who stand to make a hefty fee for pursuing the respective arguments. The only losers are -- as usual -- average citizens.